2 The Guitar Chord Resource Introduction............................................................................................................................ 10 About the Authors .............................................................................................................. 10 PART ONE: EASY CHORD IDEAS............................................................................. 11 Introduction to Part One ................................................................................................. 12 CAGED ............................................................................................................................... 13 Review the Basics................................................................................................................. 14 Standard Music Notation ................................................................................................ 14 Chord Diagrams................................................................................................................ 15 TAB ...................................................................................................................................... 15 Roman Numerals .............................................................................................................. 16 The Major Scale ................................................................................................................ 16 Introducing Triads ............................................................................................................ 16 Four-Note Chord Preview ............................................................................................. 17 Major Chord Scales .......................................................................................................... 18 Chord Progressions ......................................................................................................... 18 Minor Chord Scales ......................................................................................................... 19 Fingerpicks and Strums .................................................................................................... 20 Fingerpicking Patterns...................................................................................................... 20 Strumming Patterns .......................................................................................................... 24 Four-Note Chords ........................................................................................................... 28 7th-Chord Scales .............................................................................................................. 29 Chord Progressions ......................................................................................................... 29 C Major Family Chord Embellishments ................................................................... 30 C Ideas—The I Chord .................................................................................................... 30 Dmin Ideas—The ii Chord ............................................................................................ 31 Emin Ideas—The iii Chord ............................................................................................ 32 F Ideas—The IV Chord .................................................................................................. 32 G Ideas—The V Chord................................................................................................... 33 Amin Ideas—The vi Chord ............................................................................................ 33 Bdim/Bmin7 5 Ideas—The vii o Chord ......................................................................... 34 Common Chord Progressions ...................................................................................... 34 Common “Ear Twisters” ................................................................................................ 35 An Etude for the C Family .............................................................................................. 36 By the Sea ...................................................................................................................... 36 A Major Family Chord Embellishments ................................................................... 38 A Ideas—The I Chord..................................................................................................... 38 Bmin Ideas—The ii Chord ............................................................................................. 38 C min Ideas—The iii Chord .......................................................................................... 39 D Ideas—The IV Chord ................................................................................................. 39 E Ideas—The V Chord.................................................................................................... 39 F min Ideas—The vi Chord............................................................................................ 40 G dim/G min7 5 Ideas—The vii o Chord...................................................................... 40 Common Chord Progressions ...................................................................................... 41 Common “Ear Twisters” ................................................................................................ 41 Etude for the A Family.................................................................................................. 42 CONTENTS
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About the Authors .............................................................................................................. 10
PART ONE: EASY CHORD IDEAS .............................................................................11
Introduction to Part One ................................................................................................. 12CAGED ............................................................................................................................... 13
C Major Family Chord Embellishments ................................................................... 30C Ideas—The I Chord .................................................................................................... 30Dmin Ideas—The ii Chord ............................................................................................ 31Emin Ideas—The iii Chord ............................................................................................ 32F Ideas—The IV Chord .................................................................................................. 32G Ideas—The V Chord ................................................................................................... 33Amin Ideas—The vi Chord ............................................................................................ 33Bdim/Bmin7
Common Chord Progressions ...................................................................................... 34Common “Ear Twisters” ................................................................................................ 35An Etude for the C Family .............................................................................................. 36 By the Sea ...................................................................................................................... 36
A Major Family Chord Embellishments ................................................................... 38A Ideas—The I Chord ..................................................................................................... 38Bmin Ideas—The ii Chord ............................................................................................. 38C
min Ideas—The iii Chord .......................................................................................... 39
D Ideas—The IV Chord ................................................................................................. 39E Ideas—The V Chord .................................................................................................... 39F
min Ideas—The vi Chord ............................................................................................ 40
Common Chord Progressions ...................................................................................... 41Common “Ear Twisters” ................................................................................................ 41 Etude for the A Family .................................................................................................. 42
CONTENTS
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G Major Family Chord Embellishments ................................................................... 44G Ideas—The I Chord .................................................................................................... 44Amin Ideas—The ii Chord ............................................................................................. 45Bmin Ideas—iii Chord ..................................................................................................... 45C Ideas—The IV Chord ................................................................................................. 46D Ideas—The V Chord .................................................................................................. 46Emin Ideas—The vi Chord ............................................................................................. 47F
Common Chord Progressions ...................................................................................... 48Common “Ear Twisters” ................................................................................................ 48 Little Etude in E Minor ................................................................................................. 49 Etude for the G Family ................................................................................................. 50
E Major Family Chord Embellishments ................................................................... 52E Ideas—The I Chord ..................................................................................................... 52F
min Ideas—The ii Chord ............................................................................................. 53
Gmin Ideas—The iii Chord .......................................................................................... 53
A Ideas—The IV Chord ................................................................................................. 54B Ideas—The V Chord ................................................................................................... 54C
min Ideas—The vi Chord ........................................................................................... 55
A Common Chord Progression .................................................................................... 55 Eternal Highway (Strumming Etude for the E Family) .............................................. 56More Common Progressions ........................................................................................ 57Common “Ear Twisters” ................................................................................................ 57
D Major Family Chord Embellishments ................................................................... 58D Ideas—The I Chord .................................................................................................... 58Emin Ideas—The ii Chord .............................................................................................. 59F
min Ideas—The iii Chord ........................................................................................... 59
G Ideas—The IV Chord ................................................................................................. 59A Ideas—The V Chord ................................................................................................... 60Bmin Ideas—The vi Chord ............................................................................................ 60C
Common Chord Progressions ...................................................................................... 61Common “Ear Twisters” ................................................................................................ 62 D’Nice (Etude for the D Family) ................................................................................. 62
Using a Capo .......................................................................................................................... 64Reasons to Transpose ..................................................................................................... 64Capos in Action ................................................................................................................ 64How to Use a Capo to Play in Difficult Keys ............................................................ 65The CAGED Formula ...................................................................................................... 66Different Types of Capos ............................................................................................... 68 Waterfall (Etude for Partial Capo) .............................................................................. 69
Odds and Ends ....................................................................................................................... 70Hammer-ons and Pull-offs .............................................................................................. 70 Etude for Hammer-ons and Pull-offs .......................................................................... 72Passing Tones and Chords .............................................................................................. 72Pivot Finger Chord Combinations ................................................................................ 74Endings and Cadences ..................................................................................................... 75Pedal Tone Diatonic Chord Scales ............................................................................... 76
Introduction to Alternate Tunings .............................................................................. 79Open D Tuning—D-A-D-F
#
-A-D .................................................................................. 79 Blues for Ry .................................................................................................................... 80Open G Tuning—D-G-D-G-B-D .................................................................................. 82Open C Tuning—C-G-C-G-C-E ................................................................................... 83 The Hope Song (Etude for Open C Tuning) .............................................................. 84D-A-D-G-A-D Tuning ..................................................................................................... 86
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PART TWO: CHORD CONNECTIONS ..................................................................87
Introduction to Part Two .................................................................................................88
How to Read Chord Diagrams .......................................................................................89
Open Position Chord Forms ...........................................................................................90
Barre Chord Forms .............................................................................................................95
Basic Theory ............................................................................................................................96
Triad String Set #1 .............................................................................................................101
The Chord Connection ....................................................................................................102
Chords With More Than One Name ........................................................................193
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E Fmin G
min A B C
min D
dim (or D
min7
5)
I ii iii IV V vi viio
E Ideas—The I Chord
0 2 4 1 0 0
1
2
3
4
5
Eadd90 1 3 4
2
0 0
6
7
8
9
10
E5x x 1 3 0 4
1
2
3
4
5
E0 x x 3 3
4
1
6
7
8
9
10
E(sus4)0 1 3 4 0 0
6
7
8
9
10
E5
0 4 1 2 0 0
8
9
10
11
12
E2 x 1 3
4
0 0
1
2
3
4
5
E/G#
0 x x
1
3 4 1
0
1
2
3
4
5
B/E0 x x 1 3 2
4
3
4
5
6
7
Esus40 x 3 1 2 0
3
4
5
6
7
E
0 2 3 1 0 0
12
13
14
15
16
E0 x 1 1 3 3
5
6
7
8
9
E6/90 2 3 4
1
0 0
1
2
3
4
5
Esus/E0 x x 1 0 3
2 3
1
2
3
4
5
E0 x 1 1 3 3
10
11
12
13
14
E6/9
The chord family in the key of E is:
Here are some embellishments for each chord in the E family.
E MAJOR FAMILY CHORD EMBELLISHMENTS
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Track 31.1
68
Track 31.2
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D’Nice (Etude for the D Family)
Common “Ear Twisters”Here are some of the less common but very effective chords of the D family:
x 1 3 3 3 x
1
2
3
4
5
Bb E/G#
3 x 1 4 0 0
1
2
3
4
5
0 2 0 1 0 0
1
2
3
4
5
E7x 2 1 0 3 4
1
2
3
4
5
Cadd9
bVI II II bVII
x 0 0 1 3 2
1
2
3
4
5
D Bb
x 1 3 3 3 x
1
2
3
4
5
2 1 0 0 3 4
1
2
3
4
5
Gx 2 1 x 3 4
1
2
3
4
5
Cadd9
x x 0 1 3 2
1
2
3
4
5
D
I bVI IV bVII I
0 2 00
1
0 0
1
2
3
4
5
E7 G2 0 0 0 3 4
1
2
3
4
5
x 2 1 0 3 4
1
2
3
4
5
Cadd9x 0 0 1 3 2
1
2
3
4
5
D
II IV bVII I
&
#
#
4
4..
TAB
p
im
œ
œ
œn
m
œ
œ
p
im
œ
œ
œ
n
p
m
œ
œ
œ
œ pœ p
3
œœ p œ
C G/B Amin G
4 4 1 0 0 0 2 0
S
m 5 3 m 1 m0 ( )0i 0
i 0 0p 3 2 p 0 p 0
H
p0 2p3 ( )3
am
œœ
œ.
˙
D D/F #
02
p œ
¿¿¿¿
p
im
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
¿¿¿¿
p
im
œ
œ
œ
1 00
10 3 3 0 0
1 0 0 T 2
Ha 0 2
¿
¿
¿
¿
( )2m 3
m 2¿¿
¿( )2 m 0p0 i 0
¿
( )0 i 0
p2 ( )2 p3
&
#
#
TAB
a
Ó
m
œ
œ
am
œœ
œ
m
œ
G
4 1 0 1
œ
œ
œ
¿¿¿
p œ ˙
2
a 3
P
a 2 0m 3 m 3 m 3
( )0( )0
( )3 ¿
¿
¿
p3 ( )3
a
œœ
m
œ
i
œ œ
a
œ
im
œœ
a
œ
D D/F #
0 2 3 1 3 23 3 0 T 1
0
p .œ
pJ
œ ˙
H
a 0 2m3 a3 m 2 a 0
i 2 ( )2 i 2p0
p 2 ( )2
¿ = Right hand slaps strings.
“D’Nice” is a fi ngerstyle tune which is best understood by reading the music and TAB, so there are no chord diagrams.
102
Track 41.1
103
Track 41.2
104
Track 41.3
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&
#
#
#
#
TAB
A(Play these notes 1st time only)
œœ
œœ
œ
œœ
œ
01 1 4 0 0 0 2 4
w
2S
(Play these notes 1st time only)
4 00 4
0 66
0
œœ
œ
œœ
œœ
œ
3 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
00 0 0
0 64
5
œ
œœ
œœ
œœ
œ
1 2 0 0 0 0 2 4
00 4
0 60
42
&
#
#
#
#..
.
.
TAB
1.
œœ
œ
œœ
œœ
œ
3 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
00 0
0 4
S
64
5
2.
œœ
œ
œœ
œœ
œ
3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
0 00 4
00
45
B
œ
œœ
œ
œœ
J
œœ
œ
1 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
0 2 2S
4 00
06
4
&
#
#
#
#
TAB
S
œœ
œj
œœ œ œ
œœ
02
0 4 101 1 0 0
.œ
J
œ
J
œ ˙
0 00 0
46 ( )6 ( )6 6
5 0 ( )0 ( )0
S
œœ
œj
œœ œ œ
œœ
02
0 4 101 1 0 0
.œ
J
œ
J
œ ˙
0 00 0
46 ( )6 ( )6 6
5 0 ( )0 ( )0
&
#
#
#
#..
TAB
( )
œœ
œœ
œœ œ œ œ
œœ
œ
01 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2
w
0 0 0 00 0
H
4 04
H
6
H
6 40
œ
œ
œ
œ˙
0 0 0 0 0
00
00
0
Waterfall (Etude for Partial Capo)Partial capo II on strings 3, 4, and 5
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The Hope Song (Etude for Open C Tuning)
& 4
4
TAB
Œ
œ
œœ
¿¿¿
œ
œ
œ
0 0 23
011
w
4 25 2
0
¿
¿¿ 0
0
.
.œ
œ
‰œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
00
0 41
41
Œ ‰
J
œ ˙
00 4
S
5 ( )52 4 ( )4
0 ( )0
‰
œ
œ
œœ
¿¿¿
œ
œ
œ
0 0 0 23
0 11
w
4 25 2
0
¿
¿¿ 0
00
&
TAB
.
.œ
œ
‰œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
œ
00
0 41
41
Œ ‰
J
œ ˙
00 4
S
5 ( )52 4 ( )4
0 ( )0
œ
¿
œ
œ¿¿¿
œ
œœ
œ
0 43
0 23
0
¿5 4¿5 5
¿
0¿
0 0
˙
˙˙
˙
11 0
0
w
2 02 0
( )0
&
TAB
œ
¿
œ
œ¿¿¿
œ
œœ
œ
0 43
0 23
0
¿5 4¿
¿
¿5 5
0 0 0
˙
˙˙
˙
11
0
Œ ‰
J
œ ˙
0 0
2 02 0
0 ( )0
It is also very effective to use a capo in these open tunings. If you play the following piece with a capo on the 1st fret, you’ll be playing in the beautiful and unusual key of D. Try it! That’s how the song was recorded for the CD that is available for this book.